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I picked up some Finum medium steeping baskets and they are, hands down, the best way to make just one cup of tea, especially if you use a lot of really large leaf teas like Jasmine Pearls. Normally when I'm in a hurry I would have waited to bust out my tea pot and things to make that, but now it's something I can do with my toast in the morning. On a similar subject, what are people's favourite white teas? Silver Needle is of course the classic, but I'm wondering what else is out there worth trying.
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Just got back from the tea vendor £25 poorer but with a bunch of Gunpowder, Russian Caravan, White Ring and Silver Needle. gently caress yes.
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Nov 7, 2015 23:05
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Does anyone know a reliable web store in the UK where I'd be able to get quality silver needle/other stuff? I normally go to a market stall, but they've not had silver needle in ages and I need my loving fix, man.
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Dec 14, 2015 09:34
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Jhet posted:@Cymbal Monkey Danke!
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Dec 18, 2015 20:41
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I know there's a huge amount of counterfeiting in the Pu-erh world, can anyone recommend a reliable supplier of high-end pu-erh, for if I wanted to get a brick and stash it away for a decade or so?
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Mar 6, 2016 13:47
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While I'm at it, what can people recommend for a fan of earthy red Pu-erh, mid to high-end.
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Mar 6, 2016 14:29
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This is grand, thanks mate!
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Mar 6, 2016 15:05
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I'm using bags because I'm lazy. Bag tea is cut quite fine so you get a pretty full extraction with very little tea, so yeah, probably not worth steeping, but I guess what I'd really say is try it, if it's not strong enough for you on a re-steeping, it's not worth while, if it tastes alright, it's not like the tea-goons can think any worse of someone who drinks bagged-tea. 
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Mar 12, 2016 21:16
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hope and vaseline posted:Tea balls are pretty bad and annoying to use. Go with a basket infuser. I'm personally not an earl grey/british tea person in general but I've heard pretty good things about Upton's selection. Keep in mind the bergamot flavoring, no matter if you're infusing with bags or loose leaf, will generally be spent on the first steep, like most flavored teas. I'm seconding the Finum brewing basket. I have five (just in case one day I have friends) and I adore them. Very easy to clean and brews a great cup of tea.
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Mar 12, 2016 23:24
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Foxtrot_13 posted:I'll also give the mesh basket a thumbs up. The problem with the drilled stainless or wire baskets is if you are using a fine cut leaf it can get through the holes. Or worse, course cut leaves don't have enough space to unravel, so you get no water flow.
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Mar 13, 2016 01:02
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Hello tea thread, I just got back from China with some goodies! I knew I wanted to buy some pu-erh's in China and I ended up picking up two and discovered that they're now doing aged white tea cakes, which were fascinating and very delicious. I also picked up my first yixing pot, which was on the cheaper end, but it's legit clay (had it examined by someone, not the person I bought it from). Anyways, here they are, 2015, 2013 and 2006, left to right, and then the pictures are in that same order.    
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Sep 24, 2017 17:41
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Jhet posted:^^ This is apparently the tea thread not the coffee thread and Scaramouche posting here threw me entirely. I adore those little Finum filters, I have four of them. When I just want a big cup of assam and I'm not feeling like faffing with pu-erh cakes and gong-fu and poo poo, this is where I go.
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Oct 2, 2017 21:33
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Scaramouche posted:Had an interesting guy in today. He was representing Klub from Taiwan, they make an espresso-like machine just for brewing tea. Here's some dude's youtube of doing it: Why though? A Finum basket and a cup is like £10, a gaiwan can be gotten for a fiver, both work brilliantly. What on earth is the point of this machine?
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Oct 13, 2017 10:23
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Scaramouche posted:unless the tea world goes collectively insane and suddenly starts doing "more $$$ = better than" like the espresso world. Have you seen Teachat.com's discussions about yixing clay grades?
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Oct 13, 2017 20:12
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hope and vaseline posted:I imagine high end tea is just like the audiophile world really. It's nicer to stay in the mid-grade level and splurge for some 90s puerh samples once in a while I would do some hosed up poo poo to get hold of some bud heavy 90s shengs.
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Oct 14, 2017 00:34
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Abilizer posted:I've recently discovered I really like tea and want to buy a kettle for home. Searching reviews I'm having a hard time finding one that won't rust/melt/leech chemicals after apparently short lengths of time at every price point. Even brands that usually coincide with high quality. I'd love something pretty but at this point I'll just take something functional I won't have to replace every few months. I'm okay with spending a good chunk of money on a kettle if it's really worth the price but a kettle that's more than $100 should last years, not months. Does anyone have any good recommendations? I have this one and I've been very happy with it. The price is right, the temperature control is fairly accurate, it doesn't drip down the side, has dry boil protection. It's a solid little kettle.
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Nov 12, 2017 16:31
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Schneider Heim posted:Does black tea not lend itself to multiple steepings well? I bought some Turkish black and the leaves are tiny to my previous ones (Chinese green chun mee), and the second steeping yielded a lot less color. Or maybe I needed to add more leaves, but hmm Turkish tea is (technically speaking) trash. The leaves are small and broken to bit and generally very low grade. They'll steep fully in very short order and go bitter before you know it. Better Chinese blacks can be steeped 8 or 9 times and still be very enjoyable. I'm not making GBS threads on you for enjoying Turkish tea, mind, but the leaves are very low quality and won't hold up like high grade leaves will.
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CommonShore posted:Question and story time, tea goons. Sounds like it could be a Gui Fei or Dongfang Meiren/Baihao, both of which are styles of insect nibbled oolongs, and both of which are worth your time.
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